The Hindu Current affairs for the second week of February 2016. SSC CGL notification has come and other exams are also approaching so just be determined and study best.
Abbreviation
CLNDA- Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act
CAN- Civil Nuclear Agreement
CSC- Convention on Supplementary Compensation
ADCOS- Advisory Committee on Space Sciences
GPU- Graphics Processing Unit
TERI- The Energy and Resources Institute
BMGF- Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation
GVA- Gross Value Added
GIBC- Global Intellectual Property Center
NIPER- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
TDR- Totally Drug Resistant
G-Noc- Global Network Operation Center
NSDF- National Sports Development Fund
Personalities
Director General of National Security Guard (NSG)- R.C.Tayal
Chairman of ADCOS- Prof. U.N.Rao
Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince- Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister of Swedan- Stefan Lofven
Chief Executiove of Google- Sundar Pichai
Managing Director and CEO of Bandhan Bank- Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
President and CEO of GIPC- David Hirschmann
Chairman of ITC- Y.C.Deveshwar
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland- Piotr Glinski
Secretary of Economic Affairs- Shaktikanta Das
CEO of the Palestine Investment Fund- Mohammad Mustafa
Head of the Roman Catholic Church- Pope Francis
Head of the Russian Orthodox Church- Patriarch Kirill
President of Pakistan- Mamnoon Hussain
MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda- P.S.Jayakumar
India’s Controller General of Accounts- M.J.Joseph
Secretary of Ministry of Textiles- Mrs.Rashmi Verma
New Appointments
New Chief Justice of Bombay High Court- Shri Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
New Executive Vice- Chairman of TERI- R.K.Pachauri
New Secretary of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion- Ramesh Abhishek (From 29th Feb 2016)
New Secretary of Railway Board- Shri R.K. Verma
Book , Artist & Author
“Legendary Children” written by- Ruskin Bond
“This Unquiet Land” written by- Barkha Dutt
“The Hungry Ghosts” written by- Shyam Selvadurai
National & International Days
National De-Worming Day- 10th February
International Day of Women and Girls in Science- 11th February
World Radio Day- 13th February
National Women’s Day- 13th February
Awards
EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2015- Vinita Gupta(CEO) & Nilesh Gupta (MD) of Lupin Ltd
Business & Economy
New National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) paid-up Capital- 137 Crore (From 100 Crore)
Bank of Baroda total loss in Third Quarter- 3342 Crore
TRAI issued ‘Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulation 2016’
Place
Bannerghatta National Park situated at- Bengaluru
Nandankanan Zoological Park situated at- Odisha
National Affairs
Aditya L1- The Indian Sun Mission (Third extra-terrestrial after Moon and Mars)
Webisite www.indiahandloombrand.gov.in launched by Textile Ministry for Indian Handloom Sector.
Death
Nida Fazli- A Noted Urdu Poet
Sushil Koirala- Former Nepal Prime Minister
Kailash Yadav- Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister
Aurobindo Mukherjee- Bengali Director
Leslie Bassett- Music Composer
Biraja Prasad- Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan
O.N.V.Kurup- Malayalam Poet
All The Best.
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